The Prisoner
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The Prisoner is a 1960s British psychological thriller and science-fiction television series, created by and starring Patrick McGoohan, about a former secret agent trapped in a mysterious coastal village where his captors seek to break his will and uncover his secrets.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4117784 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: The Prisoner Context triple: [Patrick McGoohan, notableWork, The Prisoner]
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A Prisoner
"A Prisoner" is a section of Peter Kropotkin’s autobiographical work "Memoirs of a Revolutionist," recounting his experiences of arrest, confinement, and political persecution.
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Prisoner
"Prisoner" is a dance-pop and R&B song by Mariah Carey from her 1990 self-titled debut album, showcasing her early blend of pop sensibilities with hip-hop influences.
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C.
The Ipcress File
The Ipcress File is a 1965 British Cold War spy film, based on Len Deighton’s novel, that stars Michael Caine as the bespectacled intelligence agent Harry Palmer.
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Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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E.
The Wrong Mans
The Wrong Mans is a British comedy-thriller television series that blends action, suspense, and farce as two ordinary office workers become entangled in a dangerous criminal conspiracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: The Prisoner Target entity description: The Prisoner is a 1960s British psychological thriller and science-fiction television series, created by and starring Patrick McGoohan, about a former secret agent trapped in a mysterious coastal village where his captors seek to break his will and uncover his secrets.
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A.
A Prisoner
"A Prisoner" is a section of Peter Kropotkin’s autobiographical work "Memoirs of a Revolutionist," recounting his experiences of arrest, confinement, and political persecution.
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B.
Prisoner
"Prisoner" is a dance-pop and R&B song by Mariah Carey from her 1990 self-titled debut album, showcasing her early blend of pop sensibilities with hip-hop influences.
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C.
The Ipcress File
The Ipcress File is a 1965 British Cold War spy film, based on Len Deighton’s novel, that stars Michael Caine as the bespectacled intelligence agent Harry Palmer.
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D.
Danger Man
Danger Man is a 1960s British espionage television series starring Patrick McGoohan as secret agent John Drake.
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E.
The Wrong Mans
The Wrong Mans is a British comedy-thriller television series that blends action, suspense, and farce as two ordinary office workers become entangled in a dangerous criminal conspiracy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British television series
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psychological thriller television series ⓘ science fiction television series ⓘ television series ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
identity and autonomy
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individualism versus collectivism ⓘ loss of personal freedom ⓘ surveillance and control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Patrick McGoohan ⓘ |
| executiveProducer | Patrick McGoohan ⓘ |
| filmingLocation |
Portmeirion
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surface form:
Portmeirion, Wales
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| firstAired |
1967
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29 September 1967 ⓘ |
| format | serial drama ⓘ |
| genre |
psychological thriller
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science fiction ⓘ spy fiction ⓘ |
| hasCultFollowing | true ⓘ |
| hasEpisode |
A Change of Mind
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ABC ⓘ
surface form:
A. B. and C.
Arrival ⓘ Checkmate ⓘ Dance of the Dead ⓘ Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin' ⓘ
surface form:
Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darling
Fall Out ⓘ Free for All ⓘ Hammer into Anvil ⓘ Living in Harmony ⓘ Many Happy Returns ⓘ Once Upon a Time ⓘ The Chimes of Big Ben ⓘ The General ⓘ The Girl Who Was Death ⓘ The Schizoid Man ⓘ |
| hasMainCharacter | Number Six ⓘ |
| influenced | later science fiction television series ⓘ |
| lastAired | 1968 ⓘ |
| leadCharacterOccupation | former secret agent ⓘ |
| mainCastMember | Patrick McGoohan ⓘ |
| narrativePremise | captors attempt to break the protagonist's will and extract his secrets ⓘ |
| notableCharacter | Number Two ⓘ |
| numberOfEpisodes | 17 ⓘ |
| numberOfSeasons | 1 ⓘ |
| openingNarrativeFocus | a former secret agent who resigns and is abducted ⓘ |
| originalChannel | ITV ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| originallyBroadcastOn |
ITV
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surface form:
ITV in the United Kingdom
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| originalNetwork | ITV ⓘ |
| primarySetting | a mysterious coastal village ⓘ |
| producer |
David Tomblin
NERFINISHED
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George Markstein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Everyman Films ⓘ |
| protagonist | Number Six ⓘ |
| setIn | The Village ⓘ |
| starring | Patrick McGoohan ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Subject: The Prisoner Description of subject: The Prisoner is a 1960s British psychological thriller and science-fiction television series, created by and starring Patrick McGoohan, about a former secret agent trapped in a mysterious coastal village where his captors seek to break his will and uncover his secrets.
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